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Article: In Pictures

Sons d'Hiver 2024

Read "Sons d'Hiver 2024" reviewed by Luciano Rossetti


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Article: Play This!

Giorgi Mikadze Trio: Same Garden

Read "Giorgi Mikadze Trio: Same Garden" reviewed by John Chacona


Your assignment for today is to name the composer of “Same Garden" (no fair looking!). Could it be a Jerome Kern deep cut? A rarity by Cole Porter? Wait! Victor Young, right? All good guesses for this tuneful, 32-bar AABA line, but the prize goes to the sharp-eared listener who named Shota Milorava, a ...

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Musician

John Hadfield

As a composer, drummer and percussionist, John Hadfield’s dedication to music has taken him from his native Missouri to concert halls and clubs across the world. He has released four albums of his own compositions and has composed for many projects, including Heard By Others, a duo project with Lenny Pickett, Believers a trio with Brad Shepik and Sam Minaie, and For James a duo with Ron Blake. Hadfield also composed and performed in Apologue 2047, a multimedia performance art piece directed by Zhang Yimou which explored themes of the relationships of humans and technology. 

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News: Event

The Cedar Walton Rendez-vous: A Month-Long Celebration from January 17 to February 17, 2024

The Cedar Walton Rendez-vous: A Month-Long Celebration from January 17 to February 17, 2024

Legendary jazz pianist and genius composer Cedar Walton would have turned 90 this year on January 17th 2024. To celebrate Cedar Walton's amazing legacy, French pianist Rémi Toulon has gathered more than 25 musicians from the jny: Paris jazz scene and recorded 30 live performances of the master's music in various group settings from piano solo ...

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Article: Liner Notes

Matt Otto: Umbra

Read "Matt Otto: Umbra" reviewed by Gary Fukushima


In his 30-plus years in music, Matt Otto has, in addition to mastering improvising and training his ear to near perfection, learned to write incredibly complex compositions, challenging in every musical aspect: melodic, harmonic, rhythmic. Yet even now, his composing continues to evolve. “I feel like it's maybe less evolution than like going back ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Ibrahim Maalouf: a Conversation on Harmony, Heritage, and Hope

Read "Ibrahim Maalouf: a Conversation on Harmony, Heritage, and Hope" reviewed by Lawrence Peryer


Today, the Spotlight shines On trumpet virtuoso and international superstar Ibrahim Maalouf. Ibrahim is exactly the type of artist we love hosting on the podcast--sensitive, open and unwilling to be limited by genre or expectations. His work mixes jazz, pop, classical, electronic, Middle Eastern, and African influences into a cosmopolitan sound all his own. ...

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Musician

Rares Morarescu

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Born in 1966 in Bucharest from an Italian mother working for the Defence Ministry, and Romanian father economist for the Ministry of Industry, Rares was recognised as a musical prodigy at the age of three and received the best classical education from the Russian School on Piano and violin.

He also benefited from the affluence and knowledge of the family and was encouraged by his father to study extensively medicine and music. Aged 14 & 15 he had a life changing encounter in France when he met Jazzmaster Stephane Grapelli who coached him during summer holidays, starting a lifelong passion for Jazz and Swing.

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News: Recording

Giuseppe Millaci & Vogue Trio Explore Paintings Through Music On The New Album 'Double Portrait'

Giuseppe Millaci & Vogue Trio Explore Paintings Through Music On The New Album 'Double Portrait'

Double Portrait is already the fourth album of Giuseppe Millaci & Vogue Trio. We find our three accomplices with the experience of the multiple Belgian and international stages they have played on together. Considered as a talented bassist by the famous American magazine Downbeat, Giuseppe Millaci is one of the most active double bassists in the ...

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News: Recording

Alessandro Sgobbio Releases 'Piano Music 2' - An Intimate Collection Of Dedications For Piano And Live Electronics

Alessandro Sgobbio Releases 'Piano Music 2' - An Intimate Collection Of Dedications For Piano And Live Electronics

Piano Music 2 (2023) is Alessandro Sgobbio’s follow-up to his acclaimed Piano Music (2022). The Italian pianist and composer presents nine new intimate compositions, each of them dedicated to a person, place or topic that have a special meaning and importance to him. The album is a meditative sound experience that invites the listeners to actively ...

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Article: Album Review

Jacques Schwarz-Bart: The Harlem Suite

Read "The Harlem Suite" reviewed by John Chacona


Tenor saxophonist Jacques Schwarz-Bart has lived in jny: Paris, Senegal, and Switzerland as well as his native island of Guadeloupe, but his 18 years in jny: Harlem were crucial to his life and career. It was there that he found himself at an inflection point in the dynamic music scene of the late '90s, playing with ...


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